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The Ancient Chinese created many important inventions that are now used around the world, such as paper money and gunpowder. They were also the first to harvest silk. Name three uses for it.

Chinese writing developed more than 3,500 years ago.
Each character, or symbol, stands for a word. Characters based on pictures of things are also known as pictographs. What are characters based on abstract ideas known as?

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What word do you get when you combine the symbols for woman and child?

The
Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built, thanks mostly
to the Ming dynasty. Ming emperors fixed the original wall, then added
many miles to it with building materials no one had ever used before.
What is the wall constructed of?